Brigitte Sy

Biography

Brigitte Sy (born 26 January 1956) is a French actress and filmmaker. Her directorial film debut, Les Mains libres, was released in 2010 to critical acclaim in France. She is the mother of the actors Louis Garrel and Esther Garrel whom she had with the director Philippe Garrel. In an Arte short film collection about AIDS awareness, she revealed that she has been HIV-positive since 1990, contracted from a partner who previously had a drug addiction. She also addresses the issue in Les mains libres and L'endroit idéal where the protagonist, Barbara (played by Ronit Elkabetz), is HIV-positive. She opposes the feminist #MeToo movement (#BalanceTonPorc in France) and signed an anti-metoo letter in Le Monde, on 9 January 2018, arguing that men have the freedom to harass (importuner) women. She is of Sephardic Jewish descent. Source: Article "Brigitte Sy" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known For

The Invisibles

as Béatrice, social services manager

Street Flow

as TD Professor

All That Divides Us

as Ben's Mother

Declaration of War

as Claudia Benaïm

A Better Life

as La femme bénévole surendettement

Black Spot

as Sabine Hennequin

Fear(s) of the Dark

as (voice)

Wild Life

as Geneviève

Crack 6T

as La principale du collège

Regular Lovers

as la mère de François